2022 American Transplant Congress
No Difference in Graft Survival Among Low Socioeconomic Kidney Allograft Recipients
*Purpose: Low socioeconomic status remains a barrier in access and equity in kidney transplantation with limited data assessing post-transplant outcomes. Alternative options to transplantation include…2022 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Professionals’, Recipients’ and Caregivers’ Perspectives on the Use of Precision Medicine in Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation is the optimal treatment for end-stage kidney disease. However, antibody-mediated rejection can lead to graft loss. The use of Precision Medicine (PM)…2022 American Transplant Congress
Variability of Serum Klotho and FGF-23 Levels During the First Two Years After Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: Klotho is a protein produced in renal tubular cells with nephroprotective actions which acts as a co-receptor for phosphaturic factor FGF-23. The natural history…2022 American Transplant Congress
Streamlining Donation Transplantation Communication Via HIPAA-compliant App
Transplant Connect, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Communication across the donation transplantation ecosystem is fractured and ineffectual, often necessitating the use of unsecured methods such as texting in order to accomplish…2022 American Transplant Congress
Pegylated Lacritin N-104 Promotes Mouse Islet Stabilization and Prevents Diabetes Progression in the Non-Obese Diabetic (NOD) Mouse Model
*Purpose: To investigate if PEGylated Lacritin N-104 (PEG N-104) prevents the progression of type 1 diabetes (T1D) in the NOD mouse.*Background: Lacritin is a multifunctional…2022 American Transplant Congress
Lucas Device Assisted Uncontrolled Dcd Kidney Transplantation – A Feasible but Underutilized Option in the United States
Renal Transplant, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV
*Purpose: Uncontrolled DCD (uDCD) procurement involves either normo-thermic or hypothermic regional perfusion to reduce ischemic injury. We report a series of successful kidney transplant utilizing…2022 American Transplant Congress
Dual Deceased Donor Kidney Transplants: Maximizing Utilization of Suboptimal Kidneys
Renal Transplant, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV
*Purpose: To demonstrate that dual transplant of marginal kidneys is an underutilized strategy to minimize discard rates and mitigate organ shortage.*Methods: We compared dual kidney…2022 American Transplant Congress
A Patient and Family Decision Support Tool for Kidney Organ Offer Decisions
*Purpose: For kidney transplant candidates and their care team, deciding to accept a donor organ with known or potential risk factors can be stressful and…2022 American Transplant Congress
Expanded Criteria Donor with Severe Acute Kidney Injury: Worth to Use?
*Purpose: Because of organ shortage, the world facing problem, expanded criteria donor (ECD) was utilized to increase donor pool. Although long term allograft survival from…2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Recipient Obesity on Kidney Transplantation Outcome: A Retrospective Cohort Study with a Matched Comparison
Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium
*Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of recipient obesity on posttransplant complications and patient and graft survival.*Methods: A single-institution, retrospective…
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